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fetching URLs freezes pidgin

Bug #1108056 reported by Fernando Miguel
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Bug Description

[Impact]

 * Pidgin in 13.04 is not working with our newer glib, startup is racy and hangs ~75% of the time.
   An explination of why is available here on the upstream bug https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/15493#comment:27

[Test Case]

 * Boot 13.04
 * Add an AIM account in pidgin (most likely works for others but this is tested) and set it to auto connect
 * Close and start pidgin 10 times (be sure to use the buddies -> quit menu option)
 * If it does not hang even once it is fixed, if it does it is not.

[Original Message]

after about two weeks with Pidgin freezing on two different laptops, I made a brand new clean profile and this is what i get

$ pidgin -nddddddddddddm
(16:52:37) prefs: Reading /home/fernando/.purple/prefs.xml
(16:52:37) prefs: Reading /etc/purple/prefs.xml
(16:52:37) prefs: /pidgin/browsers/manual_command changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:37) prefs: removing pref /pidgin/browsers/command
(16:52:37) dbus: okkk
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/ticker.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/switchspell.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/mystatusbox.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gestures.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/convcolors.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/listlog.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xmppconsole.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp_format.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/cap.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/history.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xmppdisco.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/vvconfig.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/markerline.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/libpidgin_pp.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/pidgin-twitter.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/irssi.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/pidginrc.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/themeedit.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/enhancedhist.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/notify.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/expand.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/pidgin-otr.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/musicmessaging.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/icon_override.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timelog.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/extplacement.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/iconaway.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/difftopic.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/plonkers.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xchat-chats.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/nicksaid.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/sepandtab.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/pidgin-schedule.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/album.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/lastseen.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gtkbuddynote.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/blistops.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gRIM.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/spellchk.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/convbadger.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/sendbutton.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/infopane.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/groupmsg.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/idle.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/liboldtwitter.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/buddynote.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libirc.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so
(16:52:37) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found. Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libxmpp.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libgg.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/listhandler.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libbonjour.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/google.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/capsnot.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libicq.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/dice.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/dewysiwygification.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/simfix.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libstatusnet.so
(16:52:37) twitterim: plugin_init
(16:52:37) twitterim: plugin = 0x7f658884bd30
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/oldlogger.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/autoprofile.so
(16:52:37) autoprofile: general: Initializing AutoProfile
(16:52:37) autoprofile: general: Initializing preference defaults if necessary
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/pidgin-libnotify.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libzephyr.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsnpp.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmyspace.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/perl.so
(16:52:37) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libymsg.so
(16:52:38) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libymsg.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found. Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libaim.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/irc-more.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ignore.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/flip.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/dbus-example.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/autoaccept.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/bash.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/sslinfo.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsimple.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/newline.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoojp.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/tcl.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/highlight.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmxit.so
(16:52:38) prpl-loubserp-mxit: Loading MXit libPurple plugin...
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/xmppprio.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libidentica.so
(16:52:38) twitterim: plugin_init
(16:52:38) twitterim: plugin = 0x7f6588877ef0
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/offlinemsg.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libfacebook.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/slashexec.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-nss.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libnovell.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/napster.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/colorize.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/twitgin.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/joinpart.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libtwitter.so
(16:52:38) twitterim: plugin_init
(16:52:38) twitterim: plugin = 0x7f65888826d0
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/autoreply.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/log_reader.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so
(16:52:38) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so has a prefs_info, but is a prpl. This is no longer supported.
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/splitter.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoo.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/irchelper.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/translate.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/statenotify.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/eight_ball.so
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so
(16:52:38) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found. Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
(16:52:38) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/psychic.so
(16:52:38) util: Reading file xmpp-caps.xml from directory /home/fernando/.purple
(16:52:38) util: File /home/fernando/.purple/xmpp-caps.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error)
(16:52:38) jabber: creating hash tables for data objects
(16:52:38) status.net: plugin_load
(16:52:38) idcim: plugin_load
(16:52:38) twitterim: plugin_load
(16:52:38) tw_cmd: tw_cmd_init called
(16:52:38) tw_cmd: command replies registered
(16:52:38) tw_cmd: command refresh registered
(16:52:38) tw_cmd: command refresh_rate registered
(16:52:38) tw_cmd: command tag registered
(16:52:38) tw_cmd: command btag registered
(16:52:38) tw_cmd: command untag registered
(16:52:38) tw_cmd: command get registered
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/status/scores/available changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/status/scores/invisible changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/status/scores/away changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/status/scores/extended_away changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/status/scores/idle changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline_msg changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) util: Reading file accounts.xml from directory /home/fernando/.purple
(16:52:38) util: File /home/fernando/.purple/accounts.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error)
(16:52:38) util: Reading file status.xml from directory /home/fernando/.purple
(16:52:38) util: File /home/fernando/.purple/status.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error)
(16:52:38) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, singleuse requested but not found.
(16:52:38) certificate: CertificateVerifier singleuse registered
(16:52:38) certificate: CertificatePool x509, ca requested but not found.
(16:52:38) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found.
(16:52:38) certificate/x509/ca: Lazy init failed because an X.509 Scheme is not yet registered. Maybe it will be better later.
(16:52:38) certificate/x509/ca: Init failed, probably because a dependency is not yet registered. It has been deferred to later.
(16:52:38) certificate: CertificatePool ca registered
(16:52:38) certificate: CertificatePool x509, tls_peers requested but not found.
(16:52:38) certificate: CertificatePool tls_peers registered
(16:52:38) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, tls_cached requested but not found.
(16:52:38) certificate: CertificateVerifier tls_cached registered
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/proxy/type changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/proxy/host changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/proxy/port changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/proxy/username changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/proxy/password changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found.
(16:52:38) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 registered
(16:52:38) util: Reading file smileys.xml from directory /home/fernando/.purple
(16:52:38) util: File /home/fernando/.purple/smileys.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error)
(16:52:38) stun: using server
(16:52:38) sound: Initializing sound output drivers.
(16:52:38) prefs: /pidgin/conversations/placement changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: purple_prefs_get_bool: Unknown pref /pidgin/docklet/x11/embedded
(16:52:38) gtkmedia: Registering media element types
(16:52:38) util: Reading file blist.xml from directory /home/fernando/.purple
(16:52:38) util: File /home/fernando/.purple/blist.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error)
(16:52:38) pounce: Error reading pounces: Failed to open file '/home/fernando/.purple/pounces.xml': No such file or directory
(16:52:38) Session Management: ICE initialized.
(16:52:38) Session Management: Connecting with no previous ID
(16:52:38) Session Management: Handling new ICE connection...
(16:52:38) done.
(16:52:38) Session Management: Connected to manager (gnome-session) with client ID 1055793915dc9a3fce135939195858211200000018230048
(16:52:38) Session Management: Using pidgin as command
(16:52:38) GLib-GObject: value "-2028232332" of type `gint' is invalid or out of range for property `weight' of type `gint'
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/savedstatus/default changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /purple/savedstatus/default changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) prefs: /pidgin/blist/list_visible changed, scheduling save.
(16:52:38) util: requesting to fetch a URL
Killed

s$ apt-cache policy pidgin
pidgin:
  Installed: 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://mirrors.fe.up.pt/pub/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=raring
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch)"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.10.6-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-1.5-generic 3.8.0-rc4
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 28 17:00:47 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-10 (231 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120606.2)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

See original description
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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :

(29-01-2013 23:17:06) QuLogic: does ubuntu 13 use gtk3 yet?
(29-01-2013 23:18:16) freenode: QuLogic: seems both engines are available
(29-01-2013 23:19:11) QuLogic: but is it based on it primarily? then we may want to go directly to gsettings instead of through gconftool-2

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Robert Bruce Park (robru) wrote :

Raring is definitely based primarily on Gtk3. There is a huge push to port all apps to Gtk3 and also to Python3. Gtk2 is deprecated, please stop using it in new code. You should definitely be using gsettings.

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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :

Thank you Robert.
I've passed the info to pidgin devs

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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :

(29-01-2013 23:59:56) datallah: FernandoMiguel: you may want to point them at http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/98a6cc751323
(30-01-2013 00:00:15) datallah: hmm... actually that patch is in 2.10.6

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gconf2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :

as per pidgin developers comments https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/15493#comment:23
this seems to be a deeper issue in gsettings
$ ps -elf | grep -E "gsettings|gconftool-2"
0 Z fernando 9479 9443 0 80 0 - 0 exit 16:08 pts/4 00:00:00 [gsettings] <defunct>
0 S fernando 9567 9481 0 80 0 - 2361 pipe_w 16:08 pts/7 00:00:00 grep --color=auto -E gsettings|gconftool-2

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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote :

#0 0xb7fdd424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb72b3dcb in poll () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#2 0xb756924b in poll (__timeout=-1, __nfds=1, __fds=0x8087aeb0) at /usr/include/i386-linux-gnu/bits/poll2.h:46
#3 g_poll (fds=0x8087aeb0, nfds=1, timeout=-1) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.35.8/./glib/gpoll.c:132
#4 0xb755a610 in g_main_context_poll (n_fds=1, fds=0x8087aeb0, timeout=<optimised out>, context=0x808334e0,
    priority=<optimised out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.35.8/./glib/gmain.c:3995
#5 g_main_context_iterate (context=0x808334e0, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1,
    self=<optimised out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.35.8/./glib/gmain.c:3696
#6 0xb755ab6b in g_main_loop_run (loop=loop@entry=0x80879a98)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.35.8/./glib/gmain.c:3895
#7 0xb75a0f01 in g_spawn_sync (working_directory=working_directory@entry=0x0, argv=0x80857028,
    envp=envp@entry=0x0, flags=flags@entry=G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH, child_setup=child_setup@entry=0x0,
    user_data=user_data@entry=0x0, standard_output=standard_output@entry=0xbfffcb18,
    standard_error=standard_error@entry=0xbfffcb1c, exit_status=exit_status@entry=0x0, error=error@entry=0x0)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.35.8/./glib/gspawn.c:434
#8 0xb75a1374 in g_spawn_command_line_sync (
    command_line=0xb74cc214 "gsettings get org.gnome.system.proxy mode", standard_output=0xbfffcb18,
    standard_error=0xbfffcb1c, exit_status=0x0, error=0x0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.35.8/./glib/gspawn.c:735
#9 0xb7459e87 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0
#10 0xb745a6b9 in purple_proxy_get_setup () from /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0
#11 0xb745aca7 in purple_proxy_connect () from /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0
#12 0xb4fea322 in ?? () from /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so.0
#13 0xb4fea401 in ?? () from /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so.0
#14 0xb746cda9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0
#15 0x8006dda7 in ?? ()
#16 0xb759edee in g_io_unix_dispatch (source=source@entry=0x8080c540, callback=0x8006dd50, user_data=0x805bf778)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.35.8/./glib/giounix.c:167
#17 0xb755a2f3 in g_main_dispatch (context=0x8010b200) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.35.8/./glib/gmain.c:3054
#18 g_main_context_dispatch (context=context@entry=0x8010b200)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.35.8/./glib/gmain.c:3630
#19 0xb755a690 in g_main_context_iterate (context=0x8010b200, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1,
    self=<optimised out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.35.8/./glib/gmain.c:3701
#20 0xb755ab6b in g_main_loop_run (loop=0x807fc028) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.35.8/./glib/gmain.c:3895
#21 0xb79ed5c0 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#22 0x80028aa2 in main ()

affects: gconf2 (Ubuntu) → glib2.0 (Ubuntu)
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Pauli (paniemin) wrote :

Issue is in pidgin way of using depracated signal(2) and threads and forking with a race condition. Fix is commited for pidgin 3.0. See https://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/161320946afd

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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote :

I've put up packages with that commit backported here if anyone wants to try it

https://launchpad.net/~sarvatt/+archive/sru1

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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote :

It is working like a champ here, I've done ~100 startups and toggled wifi on and off a bunch of times (that also would make it hang) and have had no hangs at all.

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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote :

debdiff containing the fix targeting raring-proposed for SRU since we are past final freeze and its seeded in lubuntu.

pidgin (1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1) raring-proposed; urgency=low

  * Add hg-remove-SIGCHLD-handler.patch: Fix hanging on startup.
    Backport of upstream commit from 3.0 (LP: #1108056)

 -- Robert Hooker <email address hidden> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:40:16 -0400

tags: added: patch
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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :

$ sudo gdebi pidgin_2.10.7-0ubuntu5~lp1108056_amd64.deb libpurple0_2.10.7-0ubuntu5~lp1108056_amd64.deb pidgin-dbg_2.10.7-0ubuntu5~lp1108056_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Building data structures... Done
This package is uninstallable
Breaks existing package 'pidgin-dbg' dependency pidgin (= 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4)

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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :

OK, not all packages were available when I tried!
now seems it upgraded fine.
so far it's working!
thanks

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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote :

you forgot pidgin-data and libpurple-bin

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bwat47 (bwat47) wrote :

@Rober Hooker

You are the man! patched packages from the ppa work great, I appreciate it!

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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :

yesterday was fine...
today it started freezing again :(

(23:21:09) util: requesting to fetch a URL
dns[11549]: nobody needs me... =(

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Robert Hooker: Please add the required elements for an SRU bug. I'm going to accept it into -proposed, but leave it there so it can be verified early. http://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

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Reed Loden (reed) wrote :

I just installed the new 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1 packages, and I can confirm Pidgin now works for me.

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zarquon42 (zarquon42) wrote :

@Rober Hooker
Awesome! No more freezes here :) All hail for the bug fixer. This was the major drawback of 13.04 for me.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package pidgin - 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1

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pidgin (1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1) raring-proposed; urgency=low

  * Add hg-remove-SIGCHLD-handler.patch: Fix hanging on startup.
    Backport of upstream commit from 3.0 (LP: #1108056)
 -- Robert Hooker <email address hidden> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:40:16 -0400

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Robert Hooker (sarvatt)
description: updated
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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote :

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698081

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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :

although most of my accounts don't cause it to lock, enabling Twitter plugin will *always* cause pidgin to hang

Reed Loden (reed)
tags: added: verification-done
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nhorvath (nhorvath) wrote :

This issue still occurs to me with
Pidgin 2.10.7 (libpurple 2.10.7)
Installed from pidgin ppa on Ubuntu 13.04.

It may startup and run for a while then hang. If left for any extended period of time when I return it is hung.

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bwat47 (bwat47) wrote :

@nhorvath, try using the official package instead of the pidgin developers ppa, I'm not sure if the ppa even has this patch...

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Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel) wrote :

it seems to be back
(Pidgin:4222): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: g_menu_item_set_detailed_action: Detailed action name 'im:prpl-irc:FernandoMiguel%40irc.ptnet.org:VIANETWORKS.ptnet.org' has invalid format
dns[4787]: Oops, father has gone, wait for me, wait...!
Trace/breakpoint trap
fernando@Bostro:~$ dns[4784]: Oops, father has gone, wait for me, wait...!
dns[4781]: Oops, father has gone, wait for me, wait...!
dns[4759]: Oops, father has gone, wait for me, wait...!

$ apt-cache policy pidgin
pidgin:
  Installed: 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu5~lp1108056
  Candidate: 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu5~lp1108056
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.10.7-0ubuntu5~lp1108056 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/sarvatt/sru1/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1 0
        500 http://mirrors.fe.up.pt/pub/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages

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Ryan Davis (ryan-mokeys) wrote :

I tried the sru1 PPA, but it didn't work for me. I ended up with 2 pidgin processes (one of which was <defunct>), and no UI whatsoever. When I kill -HUP the living pidgin process, I'd get a quick flash of the buddy list window, and then everything would close down. pigden -d logs showed the "nobody needs me" dns message.

I tried ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa, which shows releases after the fix was committed, but I see the same UI freeze and <defunct> gsettings process as others:

$ apt-cache policy pidgin
pidgin:
  Installed: 1:2.10.7-2ubuntu0+pidgin1.13.04
  Candidate: 1:2.10.7-2ubuntu0+pidgin1.13.04
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.10.7-2ubuntu0+pidgin1.13.04 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:2.10.7-0ubuntu4.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages

If I run the ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa version of pidgin in an strace, it works fine, so that's a workaround for me.

$ strace pidgin

Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in glib2.0 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
status: Invalid → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in glib:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in glib2.0 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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